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Exercise Programs for Women

Exercise programs for women must be formulated in such a way that it will answer hat you want to accomplish, just like a man. In fact, men and women’s muscles train and grow just the same. Females have lesser muscle mass on the upper body because of the fewer testosterone levels, resulting to lesser amounts of muscle mass development.

Exercise routines for women usually target different areas (their butt, their legs, their triceps) on the body than men, and they have areas that like to store fat that are usually different than a man. Ten to fifteen exercise repetitions using lighter weights are ideal for women to burn off the extra calories and shape their bodies into the desired mold.

A good exercise routine for women, if you’re looking to burn fat and lose weight, is just the same as a man. I recommend full body, bodyweight exercises, done in circuit fashion with anywhere from 5 to 10 exercises.

For instance, you could do these for time or repetitions:

1. pushups (Pecs and triceps)
2. inverted rows (rear delts, lats & biceps)
3. squats (glutes, upper hamstrings & quads
4. mountain climbers (abs, shoulders and arms)
5. jumping jacks (cardio, to many to name here)
6. squat thrusts w/ pushup (see #’s 1, 3 &4 above)

You could do the above exercises for 10 reps each for 5 sets, non stop. Or you could do each exercise for 20 seconds, take 10 seconds to switch to the next, and do that for about 30 minutes.

Basically, the fat will burn faster as more muscles are used over the course of the program, resulting to a stronger body with far greater inclinations toward coordination.

The above exercise routine, or a similar one, could be done on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If you really go at those nonstop they will give you a good amount of cardio work. Try looking up Turbulence Training to catch a glimpse of top bodyweight workouts and directions for training routines.

On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, you could do a 20 minute sprint/ jog interval. The first month you would do a 1:3 work to rest ratio. Workout (A) would be a 30 second sprint followed by a 90 second jog or walk (a 3 to 5 on your perceived exertion scale). You would do that 2 minute round 10 times.

Workout (B) would be a 60 second sprint with a 3 minute jog. That 4 minute round would be done 5 times for 20 minutes. Alternate between workout A and workout B.

Each month for 4 months you would progress.

Month 2 would be a 1:2 work to rest ratio. Month 3 would be a 1:1 ratio and the 4th month would be a 2:1 work to rest ratio.

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